{sledding with an attempt to build a snowman}

Jake was home one Saturday so we took full advantage of it. This January has been a very mild one. So we got the boys in their gear and headed outside to play in it.


It was very interesting to see the difference in Nolan and Luke. When we got outside Luke immediately wanted to be put in the snow and loved it, as you can see from the pictures. Nolan, however, was very slow to liking it. He reminds me of a kid that dips his toe into the water and gradually gets in the pool. Luke is more the type to just jump in.
Jake started to pack up the snow to try to build a snowman. But the snow was not packable and really it would have taken us longer than the boys would be able to stay outside. Even though it is not as cold as it's been, it still is cold.
So we bagged the snowman. Mainly because Luke tried crawling in the snow because he couldn't get up to stand and walk and even if he could he would just tumble because we put him in his big snow boots. We headed out to the back of our apartment and found a small hill perfect for Luke to go down and a good starter for Nolan to warm up to it.
Nolan was first to go and had the biggest grin on his face. I was at the top pushing the boys while Jake was at the bottom catching them.
Surprisingly Nolan wanted to keep doing it for awhile. And not so surprisingly, Luke just loved it! He was so excited.




The boys went about a dozen times each and then Nolan started to get sidetracked. He kept asking us to play inside the car. At this point we had been outside for awhile and it was starting to get cold. So we headed back inside so that we could all enjoy some hot chocolate made by my favorite friend the "coco motion". Love this gadget and so does Nolan, mostly because it goes around in a circle. Is this circle obsession ever going to end? We are going on three years now.
Anyway, we had a great time being together as a family and having Jake around. These kind of moments I just love because I see how happy my boys are and it makes me happy. I can't wait till they are a little bit bigger and then we can go to the big hills. I loved tubing as a kid and think Nolan and Luke will too.